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My set is similar though I run assurance over kowtow cleave. There is a lot of overlap running essentially 2 80bp physical dark moves, assurance's 120 bp secures a lot of kills or puts more things into sucker punch range with essentially no drawback considering most of the meta already outspeeds...
Youtube frogs aside, this is about where I'd expect the showdown community at large to stand. If Tera gets flat out banned in this meta landscape, it will definitely be some sort of power play. The anti-Tera crowd is loud, but probably not very numerous relatively speaking.
I would say you are selectively reading then, because the support for the pro-Tera side appears to be equal (if not stronger) than those opposed. And this thread isn't even representative of the player base at large, as it's a well known fact that people with grievances are more likely to be...
I think that such a drastic decision like banning an entire core mechanic should only be done with vast community support, and as we can clearly see with how controversial this subject has been, there is not sufficient support for a full ban. I can only hope that we don't come to another awful...
I read the OP. And I still think it's too soon to make a decision this year or shortly after. What's the rush? We have time. Let things develop. Metagames take years to develop, giving it a few months is the least we can do.
I don't have a lot to add at the moment because frankly it's way too early to understand Tera's impact on the metagame and I'm baffled how quickly this is being rushed. I'll only say that I and a lot of people would be pretty bummed if it got banned, please try to compromise at least. This isn't...